Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251314 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 01/2020
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
This article researches on the evolution of the business regulatory framework of Bolivia from 2006 to 2017 and its relationship with the country's Labor productivity, Total Factor Productivity, and its Informal Economy size. To do this, it analyzes the Doing Business annual reports and standardizes each year overall score to the most recent methodology developed by the World Bank Group. Furthermore, it complements its finding with qualitative data through semi-structured interviews to key actors in the Bolivian economy. Overall, this paper finds that few steps have been taken to improve Bolivia's Business regulatory framework from the period of 2006-2017, result in a lower rank in the Doing Business report and keeping its score constant. The lack of initiative in working towards more efficient policies, complex nature and poor adaptability of new technological practices have stagnated the improvements of business regulations along their lifecycles. As a consequence, Bolivia Total Factor Productivity, Informal Economy size and Labor productivity have shown no improvement over the last 10 years.
Subjects: 
World Bank
doing business
business regulatory framework
productivity
informality
Bolivia
JEL: 
D23
H11
H21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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